Episodes
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Celebrating Filipino Heritage Month featuring Kim Lacanaria of Pinoy Festival 2026
BC's largest Filipino Festival "Pinoy Festival" returns to celebrate Filipino Heritage Month, the 128th Anniversary of Philippine Independence, and the unifying spirit of the FIFA World Cup with a free, cultural celebration in Burnaby at Swangard Stadium. About Pinoy Festival Pinoy Festival 2026…
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Ep.50 - Define: Community featuring Archierose Natividad
Hello again fam! Welcome to Filipino Fridays. It's been a minute since our last episode, so tune in for an update and food for thought regarding Community (work) and community care. How do we define community? What does that mean for us? How do we want to show up for others? All that and more on...
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EP.49 - How HipHop brought me into Community featuring Arthur Tiojanco
Welcome back to Filipino Fridays! It's been a minute fam and we're so excited to have Arthur Tiojanco on this episode. In honor of the Vancouver Street Dance Festival's 10-Year Anniversary, we have the honor of speaking with our special guest on seeing the community event grow into one of…
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EP.48 - Filipino Fridays Music Lounge Series - Live Show Episode
Welcome back to Filipino Fridays! Incredible episode for you today as we present the re-broadcast of our live show! Mabuhay!
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EP.47 - Audder & Argel MDR - Music Lounge Series Feature for ExplorASIAN Festival
Welcome back to Filipino Fridays fam! . In partnership with Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society, explorASIAN Festival and CiTR101.9FM, every week in May, Filipino Fridays Podcast will be featuring emerging Filipino artists to perform live music sessions at the CiTR lounge. Make sure to tune in...
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EP.46 - 'Pagitan' (Finding the Spaces in Between) featuring Pinoys On Parliament's Simon Bondoc
We're back with a new episode! "It's essential to create spaces and capital to invest in our own kapwa." - S.Bondoc On this episode, Simon Bondoc, Director of Outreach from Pinoys on Parliament joins us to talk about the yearly national conference focused on youth leadership for young Filipino...
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EP.45 - Kardias Quing & Amber Bayani Music Lounge Series Feature for ExplorASIAN Festival
Welcome back to Filipino Fridays fam! We are so glad to be back and bring you something special for this month. In partnership with Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society, explorASIAN Festival and CiTR101.9FM, every week in May, Filipino Fridays Podcast will be featuring emerging Filipino artists...
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EP.44 - The Transgender Experience featuring Romeo Reyes (Part 2)
Welcome back to Filipino Fridays~! Tune in to Part 2 of this episode featuring transgender advocate, Romeo Reyes.
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EP.43 - The Transgender Experience featuring Romeo Reyes (Part 1)
Welcome back to Filipino Fridays~! In honor of the International Day of Transgender Visibility, joining us on this episode is actor, model, tattoo artist and Transgender advocate, Romeo Reyes.
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EP.42 - Unpacking Intergenerational Trauma with Disney's 'Encanto'
Welcome back to Filipino Fridays! On this episode, we analyzed how intergenerational trauma was covered in the Disney movie, Encanto. From Abuela's pressure to preserve the family miracle to burdens on the children, we unpack it all. The traumatic experience and grief that comes from immigrating…
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EP.41 - Growing Up Filipino and (Bu)Kidding Around with Byron Cadano
Welcome back to Filipino Fridays! It's been a minute since the last episode and we have some announcements! On this episode we are joined by Byron Cadano, a half-Filipino live-streamer who shares some wild stories on what is was like growing up "Filipino". He shares with us on: - Growing up with...
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Toxic Masculinity in the Filipino Culture featuring Sel & Matt from Dats Bastos! Podcast
Welcome back fam! Tune in along with the hosts of the upcoming Filipino Fridays spin-off, Dats Bastos! Podcast. If they sound familiar, it's because they were the special guest on EP.04 "Halika Dito Right Quick" Dating Episode. Sel and Matt join us to sound off on the following: - What is 'toxic...
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EP.39 - Filipinos and the Cannabis Conversation featuring Professor Abi Sampson
Welcome back to Filipino Fridays! We're about to light it up with today's feature episode (if you know what I mean...) Our special guest is Abi Sampson, Professor of Cannabis Regulations at Centennial College. Abi takes us through her experience leading up to a thriving career in cannabis…
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EP. 38 - Year-End "Thots"
It's been a banner year y'all! Thank you so much for joining us on the show. Tune in as Archie and Chia sound off on looking back on this year's memories with Filipino Fridays. A love letter to our listeners, our community who continue to uplift and amplify our work in the podcast space. Thankful...
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EP.37 - Exploring the Filipino Identity through Music featuring Baby Lon the Babel
Happy Filipino Fridays Fam! We're back with another episode featuring emerging musical artist, Babylon the Babel (also known as Jarnel Gamalinda). We chat with Jarnel about the journey into learning more about his Filipino heritage. Just like many of us whose lives were disrupted by the pandemic,...
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EP.36 - Cultural Appropriation, Identity Formation and Women Empowerment in Dance featuring Mycs Villoso
Hey ya'll! We're back with a special guest joining us the from Philippines! Our special guest is Mycs Villoso, the artistic director of the LSDC-Street, director of The Hip-Hop Dance Convention and co-founder of AcadeMYCS dance program. As a practitioner and dance coach respected in the global...
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EP.35 - Destigmatizing Sex Industry Work featuring Steph Sia
Welcome back to Filipino Fridays! We're back with a saucy episode that dives into an in-depth discussion about sex industry work. Joining us on this episode is digital creator and host of "Stripped by Sia" podcast, Steph Sia. We chat with Steph on a range of topics from her upbringing to the…
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EP.34 - Decolonizing Filipino Perspectives through Visual Storytelling featuring Allan Matudio
Hey y'all we're back with another episode! Joining us on this episode are Nathalie De Los Santos from PilipinxPages and Jasmine (Audder) Monton to interview Allan Matudio about his graphic novel, "Kasama". Kasama, which means togetherness or allyship is about two friends that battle evil forces…
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EP.33 - Being the Catalyst for Change featuring MLA Mable Elmore
Welcome back to Filipino Fridays! We have a powerful episode featuring MLA, Mable Elmore. Mable joins us to talk about her career as the first MLA of Filipino heritage, representing the Vancouver-Kensington electoral district. A passionate advocate for social justice and human rights, Mable has...
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EP.32 - Filipino Storytelling in News Media featuring CBC Journalist Michelle Eliot
Welcome back to Filipino Fridays! We have an incredible episode featuring the award-winning journalist of CBC Radio One, Michelle Eliot. Michelle joins us to talk about Filipino representation in broadcast media and how it impacts our community. We talk about how her immigrant experience has...
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EP.31 - It's More Fun in the Philippines featuring RJ Galea & Byron Cadano
Welcome back to Filipino Fridays! We got a fun episode for you with our friends RJ & Byron joining us. If you listened to the family feud episode, we got some great news to share. Well we're still in the middle of the pandemic and definitely feeling the itch to travel again. If you're planning to...
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EP.30 - Making an Impact: Being the First of a Kind featuring Dr. Phil De Luna
We're back with a remarkable episode featuring an emerging leader looking to bring science and diversity to Canadian politics. Phil is an award-winning scientist and clean technology innovator. A first-generation Filipino-Canadian, after earning his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, Phil…
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EP.29 - Stand Against Hate featuring Chris Soriano
Compelled by the mission to promote peace, unity and understanding in these tumultuous times, our special guest is Chris Soriano - the writer, producer, director and star of the film, "Zeus". In collaboration with eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao, Chris created the film to raise...
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EP. 28 - Filipino Tenacity and Resilience in the Film Industry featuring Robert Enriquez
We're back with another fun episode y'all! Our special guest is Robert Enriquez - writer, producer, director and star of the post-apocalyptic zombie flick, "Escape to the Cove". We talk to Robert about the process behind making his film, and how the unique occurrences caused by the pandemic aided...
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Community Cultivator Series featuring CAMBIO & CO's Gelaine Santiago
Hey y'all! We're back with another powerful episode - our special guest is Gelaine Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Cambio & Co., a Filipino jewelry company that provides sustainable livelihood for artisans in the Philippines and empowers Filipinos in the diaspora to #WearYourHeritage. Whether…
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Community Cultivator Series featuring TABLE TUTOR'S Jedro Magtoto (JedRocks)
Hey y'all! We're back with another episode - continuing with our Community Cultivator Series our special guest is JedRocks from Table Tutors. After being diagnosed with a Stage 3 Brain Tumour, Jedro got a second lease on life and knew that there was something more to accomplish in this world.…
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Community Cultivator Series featuring BUKOBABA's Raquel Stewart
Hey y'all! We're back with another episode - continuing with our Community Cultivator Series for Filipino Heritage Month in Canada, our special guest is Raquel Stewart from Bukobaba. In today's episode we learn about the origin story behind the Bukobaba brand and the story behind the name (it is...
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Community Cultivator Series featuring KAPE Coffee's Iona & Paolo Fresnoza
We're back with another powerful episode - continuing with our Community Cultivator Series for Filipino Heritage Month in Canada, our special guests are Iona and Paolo from Kape Coffee. As a leading disrupter in the specialty coffee industry, Kape Coffee strives to provide ethically sourced,...
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Community Cultivator Series featuring KASAMA Chocolate's Vince Garcia
Hey y'all! We're back with another episode - in honor of Filipino Heritage Month in Canada, we will be featuring some of the notable Filipino-Canadian entrepreneurs who are putting Filipino products on the world map. Kicking off our 'Community Cultivator' Series is Vincent Garcia from Kasama...
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EP. 22 - Navigating Filipino Storytelling and Filmmaking with Care featuring Joella Cabalu
In celebration of Filipino Heritage Month in Canada, we are back with another episode featuring Filipino-Canadian filmmaker Joella Cabalu. The award winning director and producer joins us to talk about her new short film, 'Ode to a Seafaring People' featuring spoken word artist Sol Diana. A story...
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EP.21 - Family Feuds (The Filipino Fridays Fallout) featuring RJ Galea & Byron Cadano
**Producer's Note: this episode has been published with consent from former host of Filipino Fridays - OJ** Hey y'all - this is our most personal and most vulnerable episode yet. We address going off-air for over a month with the outcome of one of our main hosts departing from the show. To help…
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EP.20 - Hacking the Filipino Frugal Flex featuring Geobreeze Travel's Julia Menez
We are back with an episode y'all! Our special guest is Julia Menez who is a travel hacking coach, speaker, and host of the Geobreeze Travel podcast. She takes us through what travel hacking is and how to take advantage of points and miles to travel for free. We talk to Julia on what it means to…
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EP.19 - Empowering & Amplifying the Filipino Voice featuring Pinay Collection's Jovie Galit
It's a hot episode y'all! A powerful episode on amplifying Filipino voices, Filipino representation, community engagement, and educating on the nuances of the Filipinx experience. Our special guest is the founder of Pinay Collection, Jovie Galit. We talk to Jovie on her experience immigrating to...
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EP.18 - How to Flex Hella Reya Energy featuring KUMU USA's Hella Reya
Get hype y'all! Our special guest is viral sensation Hella Reya who is a force to be reckoned with. What does it mean to have Hella Reya Energy? It's that BDE with Filipino culture. Reya is a leading example on embodying what it means to be a proud Filipino - hardworking, ambitious, with lots of...
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EP.17 - Elevating the Filipino featuring Paul Bacera (The Asian Theory)
We're back with another fun episode y'all! Our special guest is Paul Bacera who released his new book, Isdaman: The Little Filipino Hero. He is also behind the hit YouTube channel, The Asian Theory. We talk to Paul about how he breaks down the concepts in explaining the Filipino culture on his...
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EP.16 - Dealing with Grief featuring Cynthia Siadat, LCSW
Welcome back to Filipino Fridays – we are back with our special guest, Cynthia Siadat. So many of you enjoyed our mental health episode and we invited our favorite therapist to discuss the topic of grief. When you heard the news about Angelo Quinto or even the Anti-Asian hate crimes happening...
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EP.15 - The Struggle is Real: Filipinos and Mental Health featuring Cynthia Siadat, LCSW
Filipinos are the type of people who feel deeply, but yet have a difficult time talking about it. This episode is an eye-opening discussion about mental health and the Filipino community (which is very rare). How our cultural upbringing affects our attitude towards mental wellness and the...
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EP.14 - Love & Basketball featuring Ben Gacrama aka DailyBBaller
For all of you basketball fans, this episode is for you! As many of us know, Basketball is a Filipino's love language. Whether it's in the courts of Tondo, barangays in the Philippines, to community centre courts all over the world, you are bound to see a Filipino playing. The love for the game...
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EP.13 - Frustrated and Fed Up: Can Filipinos Get Along?
We're back with an eye-opening episode digging deep on what keeps Filipinos divided. Whether its a difference in mindset, attitudes, language barrier and experience, we ask the question - Can Filipinos Get Along? We tackle the honest conversation on if Filipinos can truly be happy for each other....
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EP.12 - The Fifth Element: Beatbox
Welcome back to Filipino Fridays - It's a banger y'all! We're still in COVID times and some of us miss the club, live music events and music at the bar, so we're bringing the club to you! Our special guest this episode is the 2019 Canadian Beatboxing Champion, Vino Cuenca. Born and raised in...
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EP.11 - Gettin' it Done in 2021
Welcome back to Filipino Fridays - Ojay, Archie and Archia are back and fired up for 2021 - This episode talks about what we've been up to and what to look forward to in the new year. Get to know us a little closer as we discuss how Korean culture (kpop, kdrama, kbeauty) influences the Filipino...
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EP.10 - The Future of Filipino Art featuring Zar
We're back with another episode! It may be one of our longer episodes but sit back and enjoy the different types of topics we touch on with our special guest. Plus, we have a special announcement at the end regarding our new partnership! This episode discusses how the Filipino talent is still...
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EP.09 - Crossing Over Seas featuring Rachel Dancel
Welcome back to Filipino Fridays – This episode digs deep on what it takes to make the move and move abroad. As seen on Candy Magazine and Femalenetwork.com in the Philippines, Youtube and TikTok superstar Rachel Dancel joins us to talk about the steps she took in fulfilling her dream of...
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EP.08 - Fulfilling Your Purpose featuring Kollective Hustle's Romeo Marquez Jr.
We're back with an insightful and inspiring episode. Our special guest is Romeo Marquez Jr. - a sought-after international speaker, #1 Amazon Best-Selling Author, and Head of Kollective Hustle. Romeo has delivered more than 1,000 presentations to over 1 million audience members across the United...
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EP.07 - Filipino Hip Hop and R&B featuring Heavy Rotation's DJ Marlino
Comin' in hot with our special guest, we got the game changer himself, DJ Marlino from Heavy Rotation - the first and only global podcast and music show for Filipino Hip Hop and R&B. Heavy Rotation features music by established and up-and-coming Filipino artists from around the globe. Known for...
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EP.06 - Discovering Your Roots featuring Sheryl Williams
For all of you half Filipinos, mixed Filipinos, this episode is for you! Our special guest is Sheryl Williams, a Chicago-based intimacy coordinator with a background in Musical Theatre. She was recently featured as an actress in the Filipino American short films,' Miss Aswang' and 'Atang' under…
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EP.05 - The Filipino Food Identity featuring Layunin
We're back with a hot serving of Filipino food! Our special guest is Executive Chef Andrew Alojado from Layunin - a pop-up company based in Vancouver focused on reinventing Filipino cuisine through modern and global techniques. Layunin is more than just Filipino food, its intent and purpose is to...
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EP.04 - Halika Dito Right Quick
We're back with a hot one! It's a saucy episode where we discuss "How to Date a Pinoy" - joined by friends Sel & MJ. Ojay and the guys discuss a range of topics that include dating Filipinas vs Non-Filipinas, the insecurities that come up dating as a Filipino and the inherent common trait almost...
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EP.03 - "TFC: Toxic Filipino Culture" Traits
Welcome back to Filipino Fridays - a podcast for the modern Filipinx millennial. Ojay, Archie and Archia are back to talk about "TFC" - it ain't about the Filipino channel y'all! That's right, Toxic Filipino Culture Traits. We put it on blast about cancel culture, "chismosas", family discipline…
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EP.02 - Body Shaming & Colorism in Filipino Culture
Welcome back to Filipino Fridays - a podcast for the modern Filipinx millennial. Ojay, Archie and Archia talk about body shaming and colorism in the Filipino culture. We discuss Filipino parties, the skin whitening industry and the origin of colourism. There's even a musical surprise - Hint: Ojay...